Recent content by kathi b

This is something I know well. My mom had a lawyer with her the entire time she was dying. But the docs still managed to kill her - constantly doing things they were legally forbidden to do. Don't assume that any of those end-of-life directives will be followed. Even with lawyers right...

No, not doing well. She didn't make it. Seizures. At least she went peacefully in the middle of the night. My little brother was there (he's been with her every night since she's been in the hospital) and he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Thanks for all the good...

1. Stress of Surgery 2. Yes 3. No, they wanted her moved to the Neuro ward - cheaper, but not much monitoring. That's what this hospital usually does with brain patients.

Today's fun (no it wasn't fun) this morning her heart stopped. They got the heart zapper immediately and it started up right away. Medicare wasn't going to pay for any more time in the CICU because her heart has been decent. But then after her little incident, Medicare changed their...

Hope you are right. She had surgery no 3 this afternoon. Doc said it went well. He also explained what was different about this surgery and why it should fix the bleeding. I didn't really understand what he was saying, but it sounded like he knew what he was talking about. She looks...

she's in a coma - a real one, not a medically induced one. I hate to see her this way - she looks awful, However - Coma, less pain. more brain surgery ASAP hopefully this week, neuro surgeon thinks he knows what went wrong last time. God I hope he's right. You have no idea how scary this...

Needs more surgery- she is still bleeding - and she is in intense pain

Good news. Mom woke up. My brother spends his nights with her. He has his laptop and plays his games all night - which is the same thing he would be doing if he were home. He has headphones, of course, well, last night, the nurse came in to check on something, and she bumped the headphone...

Surgery went well. Much quicker than last time. She looks good. She's been pale and gray for the last few days.

More surgery needed. Still bleeding. They're going to operate again on her brain Thursday. Slightly different surgery, they won't remove part of her skull this time. They think they can just drill holes in the skull and access the parts that are bleeding. They've tried all sorts of different...

No flowers allowed in the Cardiac ICU. My brother is a coffee snob and he makes sure we (family) all get plenty off good coffee. He also supplies the staff. they won't let mom have coffee in any of her feeding tubes. Doing something - your messages and good wishes are awesome - you guys...

Best to you and your wife. We'll be thinking of you.

Whew. She's stable. But still not responding. The surgery, they managed to clip the big aneurism before it ruptured. The other aneurisms they think will disappear. Still concerned about the bleeding. Looks like there are a couple of new strokes. they won't know how serious, until...

Good news is that mom survived her surgery. Bad news is that there were complications. bleeding. Sorry, no better details, long day, we're exhausted. My husband is a nurse for a cardiologist in NYC, he's the one who understands all the technical stuff. he's not here yet, had to work late...

she's been getting tests, MRI's etc all week. she has 3 aneurism's, one really bad that they found a few months ago, two that aren't as major - but evidently there's no such thing as a minor aneurism. they decided that given her history and all, there might be a chance for the surgery to do...